2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Belgian Hockey League
Season2024–25
Dates8 September 2024 – 25 May 2025
ChampionsGantoise (4th title)
RelegatedDaring
Namur
Euro Hockey LeagueGantoise
Léopold
Braxgata
Matches played139
Goals scored753 (5.42 per match)
Top goalscorerAlexander Hendrickx (52 goals)
Biggest home winLéopold 10–0 Namur
Biggest away winNamur 0–8 Dragons
Highest scoringWaterloo Ducks 10–1 Namur
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The 2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League was the 105th season of the Men's Belgian Hockey League, the top men's Belgian field hockey league.

The season started on 8 September 2024 and concluded on 25 May 2024 with the second match of the championship final. Gantoise were the two-time defending champions.[1] They defended their title by defeating record-champions Léopold 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final series finished 5–5 on aggregate.[2]

Teams

2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League teams
Orée
Uccle Sport
Location of Brussels teams in the 2024–25 Men's Belgian Hockey League

Beerschot and Namur are the two promoted clubs from the 2023–24 National 1, replacing Victory and White Star.

Team Location Province
Beerschot Kontich Antwerp
Braxgata Boom Antwerp
Daring Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Brussels
Dragons Brasschaat Antwerp
Gantoise Ghent East Flanders
Herakles Lier Antwerp
Léopold Uccle Brussels
Namur Saint-Servais Namur
Orée Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Brussels
Racing Uccle Brussels
Uccle Sport Uccle Brussels
Waterloo Ducks Waterloo Walloon Brabant

Number of teams by provinces

Province Number of teams Team(s)
Brussels 5 Daring, Léopold, Orée, Racing, Uccle Sport
Antwerp 4 Beerschot, Braxgata, Dragons, Herakles
East Flanders 1 Gantoise
Namur Namur
Walloon Brabant Waterloo Ducks
Total 12

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Gantoise (C) 22 16 4 2 90 39 +51 52 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League quarter-finals and the play-offs
2 Léopold 22 14 4 4 77 35 +42 46 Qualification for the Euro Hockey League first round and the play-offs
3 Braxgata 22 13 6 3 70 39 +31 45
4 Waterloo Ducks 22 14 2 6 70 47 +23 44 Qualification for the play-offs
5 Dragons 22 11 5 6 76 42 +34 38
6 Orée 22 11 5 6 59 44 +15 38
7 Herakles 22 9 4 9 58 52 +6 31
8 Uccle Sport 22 9 3 10 60 74 −14 30
9 Racing 22 7 3 12 55 65 −10 24
10 Beerschot (O) 22 5 3 14 48 71 −23 18 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Daring (R) 22 2 2 18 36 85 −49 8 Relegation to the National 1
12 Namur (R) 22 0 1 21 21 127 −106 1
Source: Flashscore
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result.[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BEE BRA DAR DRA GAN HER LEO NAM ORE RAC UCC WAT
Beerschot — 2–4 3–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–7 5–0 4–1 2–5 4–2 3–3
Braxgata 3–2 — 8–0 2–4 2–2 2–2 2–0 6–0 1–3 3–2 9–3 0–2
Daring 1–2 0–2 — 2–7 1–3 2–4 4–6 2–1 0–3 1–3 1–3 2–4
Dragons 6–2 2–2 3–3 — 2–3 5–4 1–3 7–0 0–0 2–2 9–1 5–1
Gantoise 5–0 3–5 5–2 4–1 — 5–2 1–1 9–1 4–2 7–1 5–3 4–1
Herakles 4–3 3–4 3–3 0–3 2–6 — 1–1 3–1 2–0 6–1 4–4 1–2
Léopold 1–0 2–2 7–2 2–1 4–1 3–4 — 10–0 3–4 2–1 2–2 4–0
Namur 3–3 1–5 1–2 0–8 0–7 1–6 2–5 — 3–7 1–5 1–6 2–6
Orée 3–3 0–1 4–1 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–0 3–0 — 4–0 2–4 2–4
Racing 5–2 3–3 3–2 2–4 2–3 2–1 2–3 5–1 5–5 — 2–3 1–2
Uccle Sport 4–2 1–1 5–2 3–1 1–3 1–3 1–8 7–1 2–6 2–1 — 1–4
Waterloo Ducks 4–3 2–3 5–2 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–3 10–1 2–3 6–2 3–1 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Gantoise224
 
 
 
Waterloo Ducks21 3
 
Gantoise (s.o.)235
 
 
 
Léopold32 5
 
Léopold336
 
 
Braxgata14 5
 
Third place
 
 
24 May
 
 
Waterloo Ducks2
 
 
Braxgata3

Semi-finals

17 May 2024
15:00
Waterloo Ducks 2–2 Gantoise
Domene  16', 56' Hendrickx  11'
Hellin  29'
Waterloo
18 May 2024
15:00
Gantoise 2–1 Waterloo Ducks
Hendrickx  15', 46' Depelsenaire  54'
Ghent

Gantoise won 4–3 on aggregate.

17 May 2024
15:45
Braxgata 1–3 Léopold
Loots  20' A. Verdussen  45', 54'
Boon  50'
De Schorre, Boom
18 May 2024
16:00
Léopold 3–4 Braxgata
Basterra  7', 23'
Boon  51' 		Loots  9'
Walsh  39'
De Winter  65'
Luypaert  67'
Parc Brugmann, Uccle

Léopold won 6–5 on aggregate.

EHL Ticket match

24 May 2024
18:15
Braxgata 3–2 Waterloo Ducks
De Winter  11'
Van Bavel  19'
Clément  41' 		Domene  65', 69'
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp

Final

24 May 2024
16:00
Gantoise 2–3 Léopold
Casella  32'
Hendrickx  42' 		Basterra  20', 53', 62'
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp
25 May 2024
14:00
Léopold 2–3 Gantoise
Boon  13'
Basterra  70' 		Masson  8'
Hendrickx  38', 50'
Penalties
De Backer
Boon
Basterra
N. Poncelet 		3–5 Casella
Tynevez
Murray
Kina
Hellin
Wilrijkse Plein Antwerp, Antwerp

5–5 on aggregate.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs took place on 24 and 25 May 2025.[4]

Overview

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Beerschot 10–3 Antwerp 4–1 6–2

Matches

24 May 2025
15:00
Antwerp 1–4 Beerschot
Brecht
25 May 2025
15:00
Beerschot 6–2 Antwerp
Kontich

Beerschot won 10–3 on aggregate, and therefore both clubs remained in their respective leagues.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[5] Club FG PC PS Goals
1 Alexander Hendrickx Gantoise 0 50 2 52
2 Tomas Domene Waterloo Ducks 13 25 3 41
3 José Basterra Léopold 12 18 1 31
4 Tom Boon Léopold 19 9 0 28
5 Nicolás Della Torre Dragons 0 23 0 23
6 Pau Cunill Herakles 0 16 2 18
7 Loïck Luypaert Braxgata 0 14 3 17
8 Roman Duvekot Gantoise 16 0 0 16
Jeff De Winter Braxgata 11 5 0 16
10 Lucas Martínez Dragons 13 0 0 13
Juan Amoroso Uccle Sport 0 10 3 13

See also

References

  1. ^ "Résultats du dimanche 12 mai 24/update" (in French). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Gantoise blijft ondanks klap in slotseconden feilloos bij shoot-outs en pakt derde landstitel op rij". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Reglement Sportif Hockey Outdoor" (PDF).
  4. ^ Demaret, Philippe (23 May 2025). "Les barrages de ce week-end". okey.be (in French). Okey. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Classement final des buteurs DH 2025" (in French).
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